Former India spinner R Ashwin once again expressed his disappointment over India spinner Kuldeep Yadav being left out for the second Test between Sri Lanka and India as well. The game ended in a draw on day five in Colombo as well. At the toss, captain Shubman Gill had stated that Kuldeep missed out due to an infection. However, Ashwin said that his confidence
would have hit an extreme low as well.

“Many people are supporting Kuldeep Yadav but many are also against saying what did he do in the last match? It is very difficult to understand. From a player’s perspective, his confidence is at the lowest at this point. If you go underground and search also you will not find it. From 60th to 80th over, Jadeja bowls a lot. Why does he bowl a lot there? It is difficult to score runs. That is what they say, but it is also difficult to operate for a spinner” he said in a video on his YouTube channel.

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“Even an extra spell is not extended and it is so unlucky. With tailenders batting with Dinusha, if Kuldeep was there with his googly and leg break, there would have been some X factor. What wrong has he done? Why is he not getting picked? I really feel sorry for him,” he again stated.

However, Team India won the first Test at Galle by 165 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the two-match Test series. Despite Kuldeep Yadav not having performed as one would have expected, R Ashwin added that the visitors should have backed him having won the first Test.

“They will make him play the next Test (next series) now. But two mistakes does not make one right. The first Test had nothing to do with the second. You had already won the first Test so you could have backed him. I am just not able to accept it,” R Ashwin concluded.